Hydrophobia recently hit Xbox Live Arcade as the first title in the “Game Feast” promotion that Microsoft is currently running. As soon as you launch the game you will immediately see that Hydrophobia is definitely one of the best looking XBLA titles that has ever been released. Dark Energy Digital did an amazing job in…
Alien Breed 2 Assault has recently hit Xbox Live Arcade and is the follow up to Alien Breed Episode 1. For those who haven’t played the first title you are given a brief summary of the events that transpired in the original title to bring you up to speed. You begin the game on an…
Halo: Reach has finally arrived and with it being Bungie’s last Halo title for a while it is immediately apparent that they did everything they possibly could to make this the definitive Halo experience. Graphically this is the best looking Halo yet and, of course, it has that level of customization that Bungie has made…
Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions is Activision’s latest attempt at making a compelling Spider-Man title. Throughout the game you will visit four different dimensions with “normal” Spider-Man, noir Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2099 and Ultimate Spider Man. Each dimension has its own tricks and different techniques that you can use as Spider-Man. The art style for the game is…
Shank is the latest game to hit Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network from Klei Entertainment. In this game you assume the role of Shank and you are on a quest for revenge. Shank is a side scrolling, over the top beat em up similar to Contra, except more brutal. As you progress in…
Scott Pilgrim vs The World was recently released on Xbox Live to help coincide with the recently released movie. The game adaptation is in the style of an old school, side scrolling beat em up. While it was kind of cool to play a game in this style again, unfortunately, the overall execution of the…
The original Kane & Lynch title was met with mixed reviews from critics and it looks like the second title in the series is going to meet the same fate. There are some things about Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days that I enjoyed and definitely some things that the developer needs to work on…
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is a new direction for the Tomb Raider franchise. It is a downloadable only title that you can easily finish in a single afternoon if you choose to do so. This is the first of what will hopefully be many spin off titles for Lara Croft. It is…
It’s that time of year once again where the NFL season is right around the corner and EA celebrates that fact by releasing Madden NFL 11. Going through this year’s version of the perennial football classic, you can easily see the areas that received upgrades and the areas that were ignored for whatever reason. In…
When Alan Wake was released a couple of months ago it received good reviews for the most part and a lot of people really enjoyed the story that Remedy was telling. I wrote the review myself for TotallyGN and absolutely loved the game. In fact, with half of 2010 over, I can say that Alan…
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